Hi all,

I am working on making some changes to a web application as part of my
final year university project I am having some trouble with Java or
HTML (I dont know which one is causing the problem):

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There is class which defines a user configuration page in HTML, Ive
added some options to it, 3 radio boxes each having a particular
segment of code that willl be executed if it is selected (see further
down)

//Link Mechanism
int match = us.getMatchMode();
response += "<TR><TD colspan=\"2\"><BR><FONT size=\"+1\">Word
Recognition Mechanism</FONT></TD></TR>";

response += "<TR><TD bgcolor=\"gray\"><span
style=\"background:gray;color:white\"><INPUT TYPE=\"radio\"
NAME=\"match\" VALUE=\"" + UserSetting.CONCEPT_MATCHING + "\"" +
((match == UserSetting.CONCEPT_MATCHING) ? "CHECKED" : "") +
">Concepts</INPUT></span></TD>";
response += "<TD bgcolor=\"yellow\"><SPAN style=\"background: yellow;
color:olive;\">Use concepts from ontology to create linking
opportunities</SPAN></TD></TR>";

response += "<TR><TD bgcolor=\"gray\"><span
style=\"background:gray;color:white\"><INPUT TYPE=\"radio\"
NAME=\"match\" VALUE=\"" + UserSetting.INSTANCE_MATCHING + "\"" +
((match == UserSetting.INSTANCE_MATCHING) ? "CHECKED" : "") +
">Instances</INPUT></span></TD>";
response += "<TD bgcolor=\"yellow\"><SPAN style=\"background: yellow;
color:olive;\">Use instances from ontology</SPAN></TD></TR>";

response += "<TR><TD bgcolor=\"gray\"><span
style=\"background:gray;color:white\"><INPUT TYPE=\"radio\"
NAME=\"match\" VALUE=\"" + UserSetting.ALL_MATCHING + "\"" + ((match ==
UserSetting.ALL_MATCHING) ? "CHECKED" : "") +
">Both</INPUT></span></TD>";
response += "<TD bgcolor=\"yellow\"><SPAN style=\"background: yellow;
color:olive;\">Use both instances and concepts to create linking
opportunities</SPAN></TD></TR>";

response += "<TR><TD colspan=\"2\"><I>Note: For the fastest page
download times, use the 'Concept' method.</I></TD></TR>";

further down in this same class I update the settings, so when a button
is hit the settings are applied:

//set Linking mechanism
String[] mech = (String[]) properties.get("match");
if(mech != null && mech.length > 0) {
us.setMatchMode(Integer.valueOf(mech[0]).intValue());
System.out.println(Integer.valueOf(mech[0]).intValue());
}

The User Settings class defines all the functions it calls:

//different matching schemes
public final static int CONCEPT_MATCHING = 4;
public final static int INSTANCE_MATCHING = 5;
public final static int ALL_MATCHING = 6;

private int _match_mode = CONCEPT_MATCHING; //default state

public boolean isConcept() {
return (_match_mode == CONCEPT_MATCHING);
}

public boolean isInstance() {
return (_match_mode == INSTANCE_MATCHING);
}

public boolean isAll() {
return (_match_mode == ALL_MATCHING);
}

public void setConcept() {
_match_mode = CONCEPT_MATCHING;
}
public void setInstance(){
_match_mode = INSTANCE_MATCHING;
}

public void setAll(){
_match_mode = ALL_MATCHING;
}

public int getMatchMode(){
return _match_mode;
}

public void setMatchMode(int match){
_match_mode = match;
}

//this class method contains the segments of code to execute depending
on the configuration option selected
public void addOntology(OSUtil os, String ontology)
{

//if the concepts radio box is selected execute this segment
if (isConcept()){
execute this
}

else if (isInstance()){
execute this
}

else if (isAll()){
exeute this
}
}

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The Problem: No matter what radio box is selected it always executes

if (isConcept()){}, first, isAll() second and isInstance() last
irrespective of which box is selected. In orther words the radio boxes
are not causing the correct segment of code to execute.

this print:
System.out.println(Integer.valueOf(mech[0]).intValue());
reveals that the integers are correctly mapped to each radio box.

Ive been over this again and again and I just aint getting nowhere,
anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!